SHOW PROFILE

SHOW PROFILE

The first edition of InterAIR Asia, 27-28 March will focus on the challenges of Air Quality Monitoring and Control in Asia.

InterAIR Asia will attract:

Government agencies and academic institutes as major end users of Air Quality Monitoring Systems

Smart city authorities,who across the world are increasingly using a network of products that enable real-time monitoring and control of various air quality parameters

Commercial and residential users, who have a growing awareness of the link between air quality deterioration and health disorder prevalence which has prompted builders, architects, and engineers to focus on the effective management of indoor air pollution levels

Major emissions contributors, such as the Petrochemical Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry, and Power Generation industry. Plants need to invest in the latest technical solutions to reduce emissions.

WHO SHOULD EXHIBIT?​Producers and service providers of the latest air quality monitoring and control systems and equipment should showcase their innovations and solutions to the Asian market:​

Air pollution - mobile monitoring laboratories

Air pollution - modelling

Air pollution - monitoring & control

Air pollution - monitoring networks

Air quality monitoring systems

Air samplers - air/dust/microbiological

Air samplers - personal

Air samplers - portable

Air velocity meters

Airborne surveying

Analyzers and collectors

Calibration Equipment

Continuous emissions monitoring systems

Data Loggers

Dust analysis

Dust monitoring & control

Dust sampling & testing equipment

Emissions monitoring services

Environmental Equipment - analysers, monitors

Gas Sensors

Indoor air quality

Isokinetic probes & sampling system

Public health management

Samplers - air

Samplers - in stack

Stack emissions monitoring & testing equipment

Stack emissions monitoring services

​WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

​All Public Service and Private Sector Leaders concerned and involved in air quality monitoring and control: ​

Academics

Air Quality Researcher

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Medical Officer

Chief Resilience Officer

City Environmental Officer

Consultant

Development Officers

Director International Affairs

Director of Environment Quality Monitoring

Environment Officer

Environmental Scientist

Head of Emission Sources

Head of Air Quality

Lecturer in Public Health

Principal Environment Specialist

Principal Scientist

Principal Transport Specialist

Regional Planning Officers

Research Officer

Scientific Officer

Senior Environmental Specialist

Senior Management

End users:​

Academic Institutions

Commercial and Residential Users

Development Agencies

Government Environment Agencies

Government Planning Departments

Health Authorities

NGOs

Petrochemical Industry

Pharmaceutical Industry

Power Generation Plants

Private Sector

Research & Development

Smart City Authorities

AIR QUALITY IN ASIA

OVERVIEW

According to the WHO, some 8 million people die as a result of air pollution every year, with 4.2 million deaths resulting from exposure to ambient (outdoor) air pollution and 3.8 million due to indoor exposure to smoke from dirty cookstoves and fuels.

Overall, the WHO says 91% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality exceeds WHO guideline limits.

Clean Air Asia, an NGO and regional resource hub for air quality management training, says 98% of cities in low and middle-income countries with populations of more than 100,000 are suffering from heavily polluted air.

Meanwhile, the global air quality monitoring system (AQMS) market is projected to reach USD 4.9bn by 2022, an annual growth rate of 4.6%, with the Asia Pacific region expected to grow the strongest.

IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

The health effects of air pollution are serious and the WHO estimates that a third of deaths from stroke, lung cancer and heart disease are due to air pollution. This is equivalent to the deaths caused by smoking tobacco and much higher than the effects of eating too much salt. The lack of visible smog is no indication that the air is healthy.

Air pollution knows no boundaries. Microscopic pollutants in the air can slip past our body’s defences, penetrating deep into our respiratory and circulatory system, damaging lungs, hearts and brains. The problem is exacerbated by rapid urbanisation and climate change.

There are four main types of air pollution sources:

mobile sources – such as cars, buses, planes, trucks, and trains

stationary sources – such as power plants, oil refineries, industrial facilities, and factories

area sources – such as agricultural areas, cities, and wood burning fireplaces

natural sources – such as wind-blown dust, wildfires, and volcanoes

Much work is being done to monitor and control air pollution and to more accurately identify where it comes from. Much of this work involves combining data from various air quality monitoring networks, atmospheric modelling and satellite remote sensing.

AIR QUALITY AND SOLAR POWER

Air pollution can also have a significant impact on solar energy, reducing the output of the solar panels. Dust and other air pollutants can produce a haze that darkens the sky and cuts the amount sunlight reaching the panels.

Recent research published in the journal 'Energy & Environmental Science' shows that these effects are indeed substantial and in some cases can mean the difference between a successful solar power installation and one that fails to meet expected production levels and possibly operates at a loss.

A 2017 survey of the effect on the electricity production can be huge, and it estimates that across parts of India, China and the Arabian Peninsula alone, pollution can slash electricity from solar energy by 17 to 25%.

As well as the impact of haze, if pollutant particles land on a panel’s flat surface, they will further block how much light gets through to the solar cells below. Such dust can come from natural sources, such as windswept soils, as well as pollutants resulting from driving cars, powering factories and converting coal to electricity.

THE MAIN DRIVERS OF AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

The major factors driving the growth of the air quality monitoring system market include supportive government regulations for effective air pollution monitoring and control, initiatives to develop more of environmentally friendly industries (e.g. clean energy), increasing public-private funding for effective air pollution monitoring, rising levels of air pollution, and increasing public awareness related to the environmental and healthcare implications of air pollution.

Within cities, which are a major source of pollution, the main drivers towards improving air quality range from controls on burning of fossil fuels, to vehicle congestion charging, higher taxes on diesel and older vehicles, and the electrification of urban transport.

According to Prescient Strategic Intelligence, advances in technology and huge untapped potential in emerging economies are two key factors offering growth opportunities in the air quality monitoring market. Prescient says that technological advances are revolutionising the way air quality is monitored and controlled, while various government organisations and market vendors are actively focusing on research to develop, evaluate, and implement new air quality technologies.